Detachable ash-tray support



Mar. 3. 1925.

Y H. A. THIERRY DETACHABLE ASH TRAY SUPPORT Filed Oct. 15, 1924-" zjwuento a Patented Mar. 3, 1925'.

UNiTED STATES HERMAN A, T'HIERRY, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.-

DETAQI -IA BLE ASH-TRAY SUPPORT.

Application filed October 15, 1924. Serial No. 743,762.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN A. THIERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigamhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable Ash. Tray Supports, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to a detachable ash tray support especially adapted for use in bowling alleys, and has for its object means for quickly and detaohably securing the ash tray and support to a permanent part of the bowling alley furniture.

This support is secured in such a manner as to provide a steady support for supporting the cigars or cigarettes, which the bowler lays down for a minute when he is in the act of rolling the ball. Another advantage of this support is that it permits the addition of an advertising fixture which is constantly before the bowler, as the location of the ash tray is such, that the advertising matter on the ash tray support is almost constantly before the eye of the bowler.

In the bowling alleys I have noticed that the bowlers are in a quandary as to where to place the cigars or cigarettes when they are in the act of rolling the ball. I have so located my ash tray that it is secured to a rigid support in such a way that the vibration of the balls while returning down the runways will not jar the cigars or cigarettes off. This ash tray is a great convenience to the bowler, and the invention to which this application applies is directed to the securing means for detachably securing the tray and bracket to a permanent fixture, a part of the bowling alley furniture.

In the drawings: r

Fig. l is a partial elevation of a bowling alley runway, showing my ash tray and ash tray support secured thereon.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

The customary construction of bowling alleys consists of a return runway at, which is turned up in the form of a loop b at the end, for turning theball onto the ball rack 0. The end of this runway is supported by the pillar cl, which absorbs the shock of the returning ball. A brace e is secured to a portion of the loop 6 and to the pillar, and bridges the gap therebetween for supporting the runway. As shown in Fig.1, this brace e is secured near the top of the loop and I provide a bracket which isarranged to be suspended from this brace. This bracket is bent in aspecial manner to provide a U- shaped jaw portion, one leg of saidjaw, designated g, adapted to engage the top of the bracewhile the lower leg h of, the jaw extends below the brace and-1s turned up as at z at the end. i

The upper portion of the bracket has secured thereon a plate j or other fixture, which may have advertising matter thereon. A container or ash tray k is fitted in between the brace e and turned up end portion i of the. bracket, and rests on the lower leg h of r the bracket, or what I term a shelf. This ash tray is such a length that the same will fit snugly between-the pillar d and the ball loop b. The ash tray is provided with the corrugated sup-port m for supporting cigars or cigarettes. A match box n is secured at one end of the ash tray in the usual manner.

To secure the bracket and the ash tray to the brace, it is merely necessary for one to slip the bracket over the brace and then drop in the ash tray, which will lock the bracket to the brace and prevent the same fromfalling oil. It will be noticed that the upper leg 9 of the jaw projects slightly beyond the side of the brace as at 0. This provides a slight overhang so that the ash tray or container may be first slipped in under this overhang and then dropped in between the turned up end portion z and the brace, whereby the ash tray is prevented from upward movement by the overhangportion 0- and prevented from outward movement by the turned up end portion 2', yet the entire device may be easily removed by merely lifting up the outside edge of the tray until the same clears the turned up end portion 11, thereby allowing the tray to be withdrawn, after which, the bracket may then be slipped off the brace.

What I claim is:

1. A device for the purpose specified, having in combination a support, a bracket hung on said support and provided with a laterally extending-shelf portion below the support and projecting beyond the side thereof and having a turned up end portion,

and a container supported on said shelf and wedged between the support and the turnedup end to detachably secure the bracket to the support.

2. A device for the purpose specified, hav ing in combination a bracket suspended from said support and formed to provide a U-shaped jaw portion, one leg of said jaw engaging the upper surface of the support and the other leg located beneath the support and which projects beyond the support and provided with a turned up end portion, and a container wedged between the support and the turned-up end portion to detachably secure the bracket to the support.

3. A device for the purpose specified, having in combination a support, a bracket suspended irom said support and formed to provide a U-shaped jaw portion, one leg of said jaw portion engaging the upper surface of the support and projecting slightly beyond the side thereof to slightly overhang the same and the other leg located beneath the support and which projects a relatively greater distance beyond the side of the support and provided with a turned up end portion, and a container positioned between the support and turned-up end portion, one edge of said container located beneath the leg which slightly overhangs the support, whereby the container is prevented from normal upward and sidewise displacement, thereby securing the bracket and container to the support.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

HERMAN A. THIERRY. 

